Bulgaria

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
3 Oct 1948		Archbishop Mario Rizzi	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
2 May 1954		Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
17 Dec 1961		Archbishop Janusz Bolonek	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
17 Jul 1966		Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
23 May 1971		Bishop Christo Proykov	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian)
14 Dec 1974		Archbishop Antonio Mennini	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain
9 May 1976		Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv
15 Dec 1985		Bishop Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Nicopoli

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